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Tag Archives: pain
Answered Questions for September 2022: Information and Resources on Burn Injuries and the Pain Associated with Them
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is My spouse recently experienced a burn injury that left them in the hospital. And, due to the burn injury, … Continue reading
On a Scale of 1 to 10, #PainCounts
In 2001, the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) and other pain related organizations declared September National Pain Awareness Month. Pain is a part of life and something most people experience, and can range from mild, like a headache or overtaxed … Continue reading
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Tagged #ChronicPain, #LifeWithPain, #PainCounts, activities of daily living, acute pain, American Chronic Pain Association, articles, Burn Injury Model Systems, chronic conditions, chronic illnesses, chronic pain, chronic pain and mental health, emotional well-being, employment, exercise, Job Accommodation Network (JAN), medical professionals, mental health, National observances, National Pain Awareness Month, NIDILRR-funded articles, NIDILRR-funded projects, organizations, pain, psychological well-being, REHABDATA, social networking, socializing, Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems, support groups, Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems, treatment plan, United States Pain Foundation, working
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Pain Awareness Month – Tools to Talk About and Manage Living with Chronic Pain
This week we’re featuring tools from the NIDILRR Grantee community and elsewhere to help people living with pain and their care teams work together to manage pain and live independently. Continue reading
Posted in Right Resources Right Now, Uncategorized
Tagged chronic pain, pain, pain awareness month, pain management
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for August 2018
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: Does chronic pain affect a person’s mental health and are there strategies to help deal with both? This edition … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged Answered Questions, chronic pain, disability, electrical stimulation, low back pain, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, pain, people with disabilities, psychological care, Research In Focus, SCI, Spanish, Spanish-language, spinal cord injury, TBI, traumatic brain injury, veterans
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for July 2018
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: Does chronic pain affect a person’s mental health and are there strategies to help deal with both? This edition … Continue reading
In the Stacks – Research on Pain and Disability
In Part 1 of our Pain Awareness Month blog post, we looked at some of the ready-to-use resources from projects in the NIDILRR community that have looked at pain as a disability and as a secondary condition to physical and … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, pain, pain awareness month, pain management, REHABDATA
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Pain May Be a Fact of Life, but There Is Help and Hope for Relief
September is Pain Awareness Month, sponsored by the American Chronic Pain Association. Millions of Americans live with pain from injuries, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, cancer, and other disabilities. Pain can be acute, with a beginning and end, or it can … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, pain, pain awareness month, pain management
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – July 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: A family member has experienced a burn injury and is now in a rehabilitation center. What can they expect … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged body image, Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System, burn injuries, children, community participation, education, employment, healthy eating after burn injury, independent living, Model System Knowledge Translation Center, MSKTC, NIDILRR, NTBRMS, nutrition after burn injury, NWRBMS, pain, recreation, rehabilitation, scar management, technology
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Chronic pain and disability: Pain Awareness Month
The American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) defines chronic pain as “ongoing or recurrent pain, lasting beyond the usual course of acute illness or injury or more than 3 to 6 months, and which adversely affects the individual’s well-being.” In other … Continue reading
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Tagged #ChronicPain, ACPA, Burn Injury, chronic pain, Chronic Pain Awareness Month, Disabilities, disability, MSKTC, NARIC, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, pain, people with disabilities, physical disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, research, SCI, spinal cord injury, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Day
Beginning in 2010, Congress named June 27th as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Day (S. Res. 455) and, for the last four years during the month of June, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has asked everyone to help them … Continue reading
Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 